Dorothy S. Lund

Last week, a jury in Los Angeles returned a verdict in United States v. Peizer , finding that a company executive engaged in insider trading

Investors and regulators are monitoring the impact of two cryptocurrency spot exchange traded funds (ETFs) approved by the SEC in 2024. [1] The

Tesla confronted an enormous challenge in winning support for the two controversial proposals at the 2024 Tesla annual meeting: to ratify CEO Elon Musk's 2018 pay plan and to redomicile from Delaware to Texas. We thought it would take an historic effort to solicit the needed shareholder votes.

The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) must make a decision on Boeing – and fast. It has only until July 7 to take action under the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (“DPA”) it signed with Boeing in 2021. Newspaper accounts disagree on what it will do, with some reporting that federal prosecutors have recommended to their superiors in the DOJ that they indict Boeing, while the New York Times has suggested that prosecutors would prefer to settle with Boeing.

What is the role of corporations in the fight against racism? In 2020, following the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, many corporations publicly embraced racial equity and expressed their support for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and other race conscious initiatives. Corporations, it seemed, were ready to take corporate

In the wake of a judicial decision invalidating Tesla CEO Elon Musk's stock-option package, Tesla's shareholders have voted overwhelmingly to ratify Musk's pay. Rather than respect investors' judgment, however, the lawyers who brought the case claimed that the shareholder vote was coerced by Musk's alleged “threat” to develop AI technology outside Tesla if he didn't get his shares. This claim confuses a threat with a negotiation. Musk was and is entitled to take his ideas elsewhere, which is why Tesla gave him stock options in the first place.

The press has largely reported the Supreme Court's two recent decisions unravelling Chevron deference to administrative agency interpretations of

Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are shell companies formed with the sole purpose of raising capital through initial public offerings (IPOs) and using the proceeds to acquire private operating companies. While traditionally regarded as vehicles for backdoor listings of weaker companies, in recent years the SPAC market has become a viable alternative to the traditional IPO market.

Date published: Author Columbia Law School The Columbia Law School annual Conference on M&A and Corporate Governance was held on 22 November 2024.

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